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So Much Secret Labor

James Wright and Translation

So Much Secret Labor

James Wright and Translation
Format: 
Pages: 172
ISBN: 9780819501578
Pub Date: 04 Mar 2025
Illustrations: 39 b&w halftones
Pages: 172
ISBN: 9780819501585
Pub Date: 04 Mar 2025
Illustrations: 39 b&w halftones
Description:
How a passion for translation fueled the development of a great American poetSo Much Secret Labor is a window into the work of the great American poet, James Wright, whose love of languages and quest for the "true imagination" helped transform American poetry. The book draws on memoir, archival research, interviews, letters, and previous unpublished journal excerpts, presenting a scrupulous and intimate reading of Wright's work and the translations he insisted were as redemptive in his life as they were crucial to his poetics. At its center is a selection of Wright's translations, both from German and Spanish: poems by Trakl, Rilke, Heine, Vallejo, Lorca, and Neruda, among others, including draft versions discovered among his collected papers that have never been published.
The Return of the Contemporary Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 328
ISBN: 9780822948391
Pub Date: 17 Dec 2024
Series: Pitt Illuminations
Description:
A new addition to the University of Pittsburgh Press Illuminations series.
New Syriac Primer Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 445
ISBN: 9781463245689
Pub Date: 31 Aug 2024
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Gorgias Handbooks
The Tale of Peter Rabbit in Classical Syriac Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 43
ISBN: 9781463244859
Pub Date: 31 Aug 2024
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Gorgias Handbooks
Journal of Language Relationship Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 186
ISBN: 9781463247508
Pub Date: 30 Jun 2024
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Journal of Language Relationship
Illustrations: 58
Description:
The Journal of Language Relationship is an international periodical publication devoted to the issues of comparative linguistics and the history of the human language. The Journal contains articles written in English and Russian, as well as scientific reviews, discussions and reports from international linguistic conferences and seminars.
Mother Tongue Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 159
ISBN: 9781463246860
Pub Date: 30 Jun 2024
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Mother Tongue
Illustrations: 43
Description:
Journal of the Association for the Study of Language in Prehistory.
The Syriac Dot / النُّقطة السريانية (Arabic Edition) Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 136
ISBN: 9781463245436
Pub Date: 15 Jun 2024
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Gorgias Handbooks
Description:
The dot is used for everything in Syriac from tense to gender, number, and pronunciation, and unsurprisingly represents one of the biggest obstacles to learning the language. In this Arabic-language edition of his book, Dr. Kiraz peels back the evolution of the dot layer by layer to explain each of its uses in detail and to show how it adopted the wide range of uses it has today.
Literacies of/from the Pluriversal Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 264
ISBN: 9780822947295
Pub Date: 10 Jun 2024
Description:
Decolonial projects can end up reinforcing dominant modes of thinking by shoehorning understandings of Indigenous and non-Western traditions within Eurocentric frameworks. The pluralization of literacies and the creation of so-called alternative rhetorics accepts that there is a totalizing reality of rhetoric and literacy. This volume seeks to decenter these theories and to engage Indigenous contexts on their own terms, starting with the very tools of representation.
Sensitive Rhetorics Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 152
ISBN: 9780822948117
Pub Date: 10 Jun 2024
Description:
Claims that students are too sensitive are familiar on and around college campuses. The ideas of cancel culture, safe spaces, and political correctness are used to shut down discussion and prevent students from being recognized as stakeholders in higher education and as advocates for their own interests. Further, universities can claim that student activists threaten academic freedom.
Key Word in Context Concordance to the Syriac New Testament Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 795
ISBN: 9781463245931
Pub Date: 03 Jun 2024
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Surath Kthob
Description:
The first comprehensive keyword-in-context concordance to the Syriac New Testament in six large volumes. It unlocks the treasure trove of the Syriac New Testament Peshitta readings and helps the reader to dive into the heart of this ancient Christian text, exploring its linguistic nuances, contextual meanings, and spiritual depths.
Key Word in Context Concordance to the Syriac New Testament Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 800
ISBN: 9781463245955
Pub Date: 03 Jun 2024
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Surath Kthob
Description:
The first comprehensive keyword-in-context concordance to the Syriac New Testament in six large volumes. It unlocks the treasure trove of the Syriac New Testament Peshitta readings and helps the reader to dive into the heart of this ancient Christian text, exploring its linguistic nuances, contextual meanings, and spiritual depths.
Key Word in Context Concordance to the Syriac New Testament Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 670
ISBN: 9781463245979
Pub Date: 03 Jun 2024
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Surath Kthob
Description:
The first comprehensive keyword-in-context concordance to the Syriac New Testament in six large volumes. It unlocks the treasure trove of the Syriac New Testament Peshitta readings and helps the reader to dive into the heart of this ancient Christian text, exploring its linguistic nuances, contextual meanings, and spiritual depths.
Key Word in Context Concordance to the Syriac New Testament Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 355
ISBN: 9781463245993
Pub Date: 03 Jun 2024
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Surath Kthob
Description:
The first comprehensive keyword-in-context concordance to the Syriac New Testament in six large volumes. It unlocks the treasure trove of the Syriac New Testament Peshitta readings and helps the reader to dive into the heart of this ancient Christian text, exploring its linguistic nuances, contextual meanings, and spiritual depths.
Key Word in Context Concordance to the Syriac New Testament Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 515
ISBN: 9781463246013
Pub Date: 03 Jun 2024
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Surath Kthob
Description:
The first comprehensive keyword-in-context concordance to the Syriac New Testament in six large volumes. It unlocks the treasure trove of the Syriac New Testament Peshitta readings and helps the reader to dive into the heart of this ancient Christian text, exploring its linguistic nuances, contextual meanings, and spiritual depths.
Journal of Language Relationship 21/1-2 Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 169
ISBN: 9781463246174
Pub Date: 31 May 2024
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Journal of Language Relationship

The Complete Poetry of Aimé Césaire

Bilingual Edition
Format: Paperback
Pages: 994
ISBN: 9780819501233
Pub Date: 25 Apr 2024
Description:
The definitive edition of the complete work of a master Caribbean poet The Complete Poetry of Aimé Césaire gathers all of Cesaire's celebrated verse into one bilingual edition. The French portion is comprised of newly established first editions of Césaire's poetic ouvre made available in French in 2014 under the title Poésie, Théâtre, Essais et Discours, edited by A. J.